Cefapirin

Cefapirin (INN, also spelled cephapirin) is an injectable, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. It is marketed under the trade name Cefadyl. Production for use in humans has been discontinued in the United States.[1]

Cefapirin
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
MedlinePlusa601206
Routes of
administration
Intravenous, intramuscular
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ECHA InfoCard100.040.409
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC17H17N3O6S2
Molar mass423.46 g·mol−1
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It also has a role in veterinary medicine as Metricure, an intrauterine preparation, and combined with prednisolone in Mastiplan, an intramammary preparation. Both are licensed in cattle.

Synthesis

In one of the syntheses, 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) is reacted with bromoacetyl chloride to give the amide. The halo group is then displaced by 4-thiopyridine.[2]

References

  1. "CEFADYL". U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  2. Crast LB, Graham RG, Cheney LC (December 1973). "Synthesis of cephapirin and related cephalosporins from 7-(alpha-bromoacetamido)cephalosporanic acid". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 16 (12): 1413–5. doi:10.1021/jm00270a025. PMID 4148798.
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